I've been playing this game and enjoy the HELL out of it. Sure it's a bit easier than Yoshi's Old Island but it's a good continuation of the story. It's every bit as fun as YI and the reviews that keep saying it's not as good, IMHO, are fueled by nostalgia.

well at least it's still in the zone of good which a 7 and 7.5 are . you gave it a great which what an 8 is ether way it's still worth checking out. It's when a game is around 5 and under score wise that there's a problem.

To me it's what their saying also to justify the score that's more important. if I don't see what their saying as not fun to me or fun then that's that. the the explanation should be made clear.

Ok now it's time for me to learn how to make twitch viewable on forums like you can with youtube.

Not really talking about those guys but I've seen several reviews more or less say it's not as good as the first one... Don't play it.. Play the original.

That's just lazy ass reviewing IMHO. I get that the game is easier now.. That's more or less Nintendo franchise anymore (outside of Donkey Kong and sometimes Zelda) so it honestly doesn't bother me anymore. I THINK it's getting lower scores than NSMB2 and IMHO this game is LEAGUES better than those games.

Yeah and the thing is, a lot of fans (especially the new generations) HAVEN'T played the original, and won't be able to. I think I played a level or two of the original, I don't remember. So Yoshi's New Island would be my only way to play.

Base reviews on what it is, not necessarily where it came from.

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On July 24th, Nintendo released Yoshi’s New Island for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan. The game sold just 58,285 copies in its first week. By comparison, 2007′s Yoshi’s Island DS sold 303,114 copies at launch. That’s quite the difference.

So, did the new game flop? I’m not sure. Yoshi’s New Island is actually part of Nintendo’s “Monthly Recommended Software Campaign” for the 3DS. Anyone that buys a brand new 3DS between July 24th and August 31st can download the game for free. Naturally, that affected sales to some extent, but without a shipment number, it’s hard to say just how much.

Meanwhile, 5pb published Corpse Party: Blood Drive for the PS Vita. The game sold 13,688 copies, which is in line with the launch sales of previous games in the series. Below is a look at how those games—all of which were on PSP—performed:

Yoshi’s Island DS sold to both younger and older fans of the Mario series, but older fans skipped out on Yoshi’s New Island.

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Last week, Nintendo released Yoshi’s New Island in Japan, and the Nintendo 3DS platformer sold just 58,285 copies in its first week. Japanese sales tracker Media Create added in a supplementary report that the game sold through 57.59% of its shipment.

In comparison, the last Yoshi game, 2007’s Yoshi’s Island DS, sold 303,114 copies at launch, and sold through 84.82% of its shipment at launch. Clearly, Yoshi’s New Island has not sold nearly as well, but Media Create say it’s hard to make an informed comparison between the two games.

Like we did earlier in the week, Media Create point out that Yoshi’s New Island is part of the “Monthly Recommended Software Campaign” for 3DS in Japan. From July 24th—the day of the game’s release—until the end of August, anyone that buys a new Nintendo 3DS in Japan can download Yoshi’s New Island for free.

During the week of the game’s release, the 3DS sold 38,445 units, so that is potentially the number of “lost” sales due to the campaign. Of course, even taking those lost sales into account, the game’s debut is far lower than Yoshi’s Island DS, and that needs to be addressed.

Media Create say one major difference reported by retailers is that Yoshi’s Island DS sold to both younger and older fans of the Mario series. Meanwhile, Yoshi’s New Island has a narrower audience that comprises primarily of a younger demographic.

Just why older players haven’t picked the new game up isn’t explained, but my theory is that Yoshi’s Island DS sold to an older audience because of nostalgia. The game was a remake of sorts of the SNES Yoshi’s Island, so perhaps older players bought it out of fondness for the original game they played all those years ago. New Island didn’t have nostalgia going for it, so maybe none of the older fans bothered picking it up.

Media Create add that Yoshi’s Island DS eventually went on to sell 1 million copies in Japan, and since the new game is selling primarily to a younger audience, they’re curious to see how it will perform over the summer holidays, when kids have the time to buy and play more games.